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Saturday, November 12

Although I'm not doing NaNo this year, I have written several posts on this blog about it. I am condensing them here on this, in case anyone wants hints from a semi-professional writer.

We all get bored at points in our story; here is a list to liven up any genre:

Include a strange weather phenomenon

Kill a charcter. It’s never too early to do that.

Give your main character a pet

Have your villian go on a mustache-drawing spree

Blow up a planet.

Have your characters cross a river or body of water

Find gold or precious jewels

An unusual word makes even the best readers pause and think-- here are some to add to your NaNo story.

quixotic |kwikˈsätik|adjectiveexceedinglyidealistic; unrealistic and impractical: a vast and perhaps quixotic project.insubordinate |ˌinsəˈbôrdn-it|adjectivedefiant of authority; disobedient to orders: an insubordinate attitude.

kapellmeister |kəˈpelˌmīstər|nountheleader or conductor of an orchestra or choir. Historical,a leader of a chamber ensemble of an orchestra attached to a German court.hiatus |hīˈātəs|nouna pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process: there was a brief hiatus in the war withFrance.